Introduction

These papers are almost entirely related to South Carolina politics during the 1960s and early 1970s. They document James Duffy's role in the Republican Party and the operations of that Party at the local level during a period of vigorous growth in South Carolina.

Scope and Contents The material in this series documents the Senator's campaigns from 1954 to 1978. This excludes the 1956 senatorial and the 1976 Presidential campaigns, for which no material is presently known to exist; some material on the 1960 senatorial campaign may be found in the Administrative Assistant series. These records not only document Thurmond's own campaigns; they also document other campaigns that he was involved in, especially the 1968 Presidential campaign. Items in this series consist...